Published inIsolation·PinnedMember-onlyTalk to MeA Poem — Can you hear me when I talk to you in my mind? Because I am too scared to use my words out loud It makes it more real if I talk to you like you can hear me In my mind I miss you and I’m sorry I don’t tell you so but I…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inIsolation·Mar 18, 2024Member-onlyPufferyA Poem — Look at everyone out there with all of the abject puffery surrounding their carefully curated online profiles so that everyone thinks that they are someone else As if the puff won’t deflate in real life, in the real world, when you can’t color-correct that image of yourself or swap out the background or have AI…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inIsolation·Mar 16, 2024Member-onlyDumbstruckA Poem — I’m dumbstruck at the status of the world inside of a technological kaleidoscope of morning rituals and best-laid plans to make us feel like we are never doing enough and can’t keep up with the culture algorithm that is devaluing personal relationships and human-to-human interaction I’m dumbstruck that my phone…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inLoose Words·Mar 15, 2024Member-onlyUntoldA Poem — All of the stories that remain untold are not hidden, they are yet to unfold It’s as if I am unspooling a thread and allowing it to go anywhere because sometimes the things we think we haven’t spoken have not even happened yet Memory as plasma life as a compass heart as…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inLoose Words·Feb 12, 2024Member-onlyUnrulyA Poem — My thoughts are so unruly with their obsessiveness and general bad timing as if I didn’t have better things to do overnight than ruminate about something that happened a year ago, and didn’t even matter all that much And then by the very fact that my thoughts are unruly, it makes me…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inIsolation·Jan 24, 2024Member-onlyDistanceA Micropoem — The longer you stare into the distance The closer you are to your baseline © Jonathan Greene 2024 If you liked this, you might like this as well: It’s Time To Come Home A Haikumedium.comMicropoetry1 min readMicropoetry1 min read
Published inLoose Words·Jan 23, 2024Member-onlyDustA Micropoem — Dust is just an offshoot of lives lived and memories that are fading into the ether and falling through the sky like mist on a summer morning allowing the dew to cascade onto each blade of grass © Jonathan Greene 2024 If you liked this, you might like this as…Life1 min readLife1 min read
Published inAssemblage·Jan 23, 2024Member-onlyI Had Empathy All WrongAn Awakening of Self — I had an awakening the other day. It was a seismic shift in how I see myself. It has to do with empathy. My whole life I was either told or I believed that I was deficient on the empathy scale. Maybe it was because of where I fall on…Self3 min readSelf3 min read
Published inLoose Words·Jan 7, 2024Member-onlyHeadacheA Poem — Why are you always tapping my temple and expecting a response from me, especially when there is bad weather and I am worried about her driving even though she is a full-grown adult and I am an aging worry machine? I drink more water to quell you until I realize that…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inIsolation·Jan 1, 2024Member-onlyImpactA Poem — The end of year is a rebirth of the soul Next year will be a lesson in impact As if one word could cover the goal of self A simple act to add value to the people around me And impact those who I don’t know and never will ©…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read